bergie

6 ms·

61.
by bergie 11mo ago
Here in Colombia we noticed that a lot of bars and such have awnings built out of solar panels. Cheap, durable, and makes power.
62.
by bergie 1y ago
In many East European countries you can likely still get a license plate by bribing the right people
63.
by bergie 1y ago
I was able to avoid WhatsApp until we started our current multi-year sailboat cruise. All the local cruiser communities are on WhatsApp. So when we got to the Canaries, I created an account. But I'm making sure WhatsApp will not be use
64.
by bergie 1y ago
We're running three right now: One runs our boat's primary navigation system with Signal K and connects to the instruments via an NMEA2000 hat. The second one is the boat NAS. The third one powers an info display on the nav table.
65.
Off-Grid Boat Data with Signal K and Meshtastic(signalk.org)
3 points by bergie 1y ago|0 comments
66.
by bergie 1y ago
Exactly what I wanted to say. LinkedIn was slop before there was AI slop. So that's probably where LLM generated stuff fits the best. That, and maybe Medium.
67.
by bergie 1y ago
The taxes aren't even that high if you compare with for example Germany. And in Finland they include healthcare and education etc
68.
by bergie 1y ago
I'm trying to integrate Meshtastic devices with the Signal K marine software ecosystem. The idea is to facilitate communications between ship and the shore party, as well as to have alerts, some commands ("boat, turn deck light on
69.
by bergie 1y ago
Environment related, yes. But also the way government subsidies in EU give flights an unfair advantage over better methods of transport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_aviation_fuel_taxation
70.
by bergie 1y ago
> Excellent news. Terrible news. Flying is way too cheap as it is.
71.
by bergie 1y ago
Sailing is great. And has so many facets. You can sail competitively with anything from dinghies to big boats. Or you can just enjoy an afternoon out on the bay. Or you can go on a world cruise.
72.
by bergie 1y ago
Lufthansa at least used to operate a "flight" from Frankfurt to Cologne main railway station. This included flight attendants in the ICE train cars, and a luggage conveyor at the railway station
73.
by bergie 1y ago
Sleeper trains can be more convenient for some business travel. Leave in the evening, arrive right in the beginning of the business day well rested. We also did a lot of tourism in Europe with night trains. No need to book hotels or lose da
74.
by bergie 1y ago
Lots of people have small 300-500W wind turbines mounted on a pole in the aft of the boat. Ketches often have them on the mizzen mast, Neither of those is a good alternative on ours, so we are looking for a rigging-suspended option like the
75.
by bergie 1y ago
Like said, follow the sun. For example, summer in Europe and winter in the Caribbean. Or just Cape Verde.
76.
by bergie 1y ago
On a boat one option is to follow the sun. We make 100% of our electrical consumption from solar, though we are considering to add a small wind turbine to the mix.
77.
by bergie 1y ago
Signal K. Amazing project for us cruisers. No Foreign Land, not an open source project, but essentially a free cruising guide for the whole world
78.
by bergie 1y ago
Berlin Museum of Technology has a Zuse Z1 replica among other things Konrad Zuse finished his Z1 in 1938. The computer was freely programmable. It worked by controlling mechanical switching elements that pushed metal pins into two differen
79.
by bergie 1y ago
> Yeah, it’s weird. Software engineers are mostly just doing whatever gets them paid. Which is by itself a moral (immoral?) stance, saying that you don't have problems doing all kinds of evil stuff as long as the money is good.
80.
by bergie 1y ago
I think the best term I've seen for this is "digital asbestos"
81.
by bergie 1y ago
Oneweb is already live. I have no idea of the performance, and pricing details are hazy. It is a shame they decided to go the legacy B2B route.
82.
by bergie 2y ago
In the world of sailboat cruising, a decent indicator seems to be whether the boats still fly stars-and-stripes, or have switched to a state flag.
83.
by bergie 2y ago
We also stopped watching his videos when he abandoned a couple of boats that ended up ashore. This year he apparently did a transatlantic just a couple weeks before we did ours[1], but haven't seen him around. 1: https://lil
84.
by bergie 2y ago
https://lille-oe.de/ Jekyll on GitHub Pages with various actions to automate stuff like calculating mileage statistics. Editing via the GitJournal app.
85.
by bergie 2y ago
Going with the F-35 was a bet that sadly went wrong. The assumption was that it'd be paying protection money to US to help us against Russia if SHTF. In hindsight, Gripen or Rafale would've been a much better option. But few saw h
86.
by bergie 2y ago
Not to mention the military agencies having fractured into for-profit corporations like CIC and "Admiral Bob's Navy" etc
87.
by bergie 2y ago
The only border experience I've ever had that was worse than US was Canada. And I've traveled quite extensively.
88.
by bergie 2y ago
You may want to read on the new Firefox TOS to find out why Firefox is absolutely not an option since last week.
89.
by bergie 2y ago
I used to spend quite a bit of time in the US. Left the day after Trump was elected the first time. No plans to go there again until sanity returns.
90.
by bergie 2y ago
Oh wow. That brings back memories. I think every site I built back then at least used that FormMail script. Then we started transitioning to Lisp, and somehow ended up with PHP. In any case, I don't think I'd be here without your

More ›